INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DIALECTICAL JOURNALThese instructions will assist you as you complete your journal. • Using 20 quotes from throughout the books, complete dialectical entries (sample entry included). • The dialectical journal is a double-entry note taking system. It helps one to read critically and encourages the habit of reflective questioning. It is a place to record and explore ideas using writing as a tool for learning. Instructions: 1. Draw a line down the middle of the paper, making two columns. 2. The left column is used for notes - direct quotations or summaries from the reading WITH Page #s.3. The right column is used for commenting on notes in the left column. Personal reactions to the notes on the left go here. The comments on the right may include:
what the passage prompts in thinking or memory associations;
feelings toward the author’s words;
words or passages not understood;
words or passages that look important; and
connections among passages or sections of the work.
pictures, drawings, collages or graphic representations
As you take notes in your journal, you should regularly reread the previous pages of notes and comments, drawing connections in a right-column summary before starting another page of the journal.
Instructions:
1. Draw a line down the middle of the paper, making two columns. 2. The left column is used for notes - direct quotations or summaries from the reading WITH Page #s.3. The right column is used for commenting on notes in the left column. Personal reactions to the notes on the left go here. The comments on the right may include:
As you take notes in your journal, you should regularly reread the previous pages of notes and comments, drawing connections in a right-column summary before starting another page of the journal.